Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-04-19
The New Equitable Building.

The New Equitable Building.
The new building OF the Equitable c. B. Associa-
ton Is approaching completion and presents fine
and substantial appearance, and is one Of the re-
cent great improvements erected on street The
wide front and heavy rock face of dark Pennsyl
vania granite makes the building different from
any other In the city and therefore possesses dis
unctive0esS or character OF its own which is an
advantage The building will be ready for occu-
pdncy by the 1St OF June. The committee under
whose supervision the building Is constructed con-
sists Of Thos- SOmerville, JnO JOY EdsOn Law
renee Gardner, Hon. Ellis Spear and ThOs b. Cross
il. The new issue OF stock, the 18th, for which
books are now open, has been largely taken, and
Will add another element OF prosperity TO the as
ISOLATION In Its EFFORTS and ability, by cooperating,
10 aid Its members to successfully accumulate
FUNDS and profits thereon. and acquire property.
SUIT AGAINST GoLD-MIN1SG CONFERENCE.-The
morning c. F. Benjamin, for C. B. Brookes, 1iled a
blu In equity against the Music Mountain Cold
an injunction account, and the appointment OF a
receiver. The complainant alleges that In June
1856, he had Ii 600 shares in the first named com
pany; That in consequence OF the treacherv of a
superintendent the assets in Arizona was sold and
the Arizona Co. was formed, the shares being fixed
at 600 and was allotted among some of The or
ncers and stockholders; but that instead OF allot
ting him 1920 shares in lieu OF 13 600 In the Old
company, they tender him but 2, 700. He claims.
tlement or the affairs Of the company and that
the interest OF the stockholders should be prp-
tected. f1
HADDOCK JUROR WHO WAS APPROACHED
The sensation following the astounding verdict of
the Haddock jury and the charges that bribery
had been practiced was intensified later nv the
a0In SSlOnS OF the Juror OConnell whom Foreman
We0D thought had been bought. O'COnnell denied
that ne was br1bed, but said that he was given 10
understand that the defense knew that the YER
dict would be eleven to one for acquttal and that
ne held the key to the situation. He declared that
ne mad Deen asked to name his price by the de-
Tense. He declined to say who made the offer.
JACK DEMPSEY AND GALLAGHER MATCHHD-Jacl
dempsey and Reddy Gallagher the local middle
Welgnt, whOm such an authority as Pete MCCOY
pound man in the country, were last night
matcneo In cleveland, o.. to fight six QueenSberry
ROUNDS Tor purse OF 81, 600 In the Cleveland Attn
let1c CluD gymnasium ON Maya The men viii
use hard gloves, and the audience will be limited
to 100 persons. "
TRAIN ROBBERS IN THE SOuTH-The arrest
OF Wnlte man and two negroes at Greenyfile s
G., saturday has led to the detection OF silccf,ss
Iul scneHe Dy which an organized gang Of thieves
nave neen ROOFING the through freight trains of
lne hlchmono and Danville Railroad Since
freight trains en- route southwark goods to the
amount OF $4,000. The robbery was traced to
Greenv1ile. 1t was discovered that a member of
the gang would conceal himself in a loaded car aft
some STATION north OF Greenville select as much of
Hne cargo as ne deemed available, and as the train
passed. tne 1air grounds just outside the CITY
units the goods were thrown out. Confederates
ADDITION to the arrests already made other persons
are suspected. Kennedy the white man now
under arrest, has confessed and has told the noca
where much OF the stolen freight is.